MWV Healthcare packaging plant receives FSC certification

The facility is already certified by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), and the dual third-party validations of MWV’s sustainable fiber sourcing practices help assure customers and consumers of the company’s responsible environmental stewardship.

Implementing both SFI and FSC is consistent with MWV’s policy of supporting multiple certification systems and implementing programs that ensure an economic supply of available certified paperboard.

MWV’s Mebane operation supplies printed packaging materials to many of the global pharmaceutical companies, and is part of the company’s overall healthcare packaging solutions that promote patient adherence to medications.

MWV Healthcare chief science officer Ted Lithgow said the certifications are valued in the healthcare marketplace, where their business is global and where serving public needs is the central focus of our customers.

"Stakeholders want assurance that stewardship is practiced and applied to health care solutions, and such certifications help indicate responsible partnership," Lithgow said.